"Stop kidding! Hey, you!"
You say "sorry"? You say "forgive me"? What do I do with you?
"Stop kidding! Hey, you!"
It's a lie? Flattery? Ready for anything! Bring it on!

ROMAJI LYRIC AND NOTES ARE BELOW.

[i] About Japanese Abusive Words

As noted below, the original lyric contains many vulgar words, but most of them are lazy or rough pronunciations which are usually regarded as rude (note #4, #6, #9; revised on 2016 May 9, thanks to Anonymous sans on 2016 May 1&7) or somewhat rude synonyms (like "guy"? note #3, #10, #11, #18) or purely provoking words without dirty nuances (note #13, #23, #24). Only "baka yarô" (note #15, #16) are special words to insult someone.

There are dirty Japanese words to insult someone such as "k_s_" which corresponds to "sh_t" and an Osaka dialect "itemau" which corresponds to "f__k (you)", but such Japanese words are not used in this song, so I don't use such English words. I think dirty words should be reserved for dirty words.

"Zakkenja nê" is a strong expression, but it is just a variant pronunciation of "fuzakeru no de wa nai" (= fuzakeru na) which has no dirty nuance, so I have no idea but translating it to "stop kidding". I'm sorry for not knowing English well. This word sounds not so strong to people who know the Japanese dialects which have special abusive words, but I don't know whether Tokyô people use this word because they are less offensive than people in those regions or because their abusive vocabulary is poor while they are as offensive as those people.

Some fans wonder why (Amuse let) BLACK BABYMETAL sing these somewhat offensive lyrics, and some fans seem to dislike such lyrics. But this song is fictional. The lyrics are not what they really want to say. And I think the words are somewhat deliberately selected just like a criminal heroine in a Japanese movie is usually depicted so as not to lose our sympathy.

[ii] Does she want to refuse or improve these guys?

This song has some lines that say as if she refuses these guys, which I mark with (ii) below. Some other lines say as if she wants to improve these guys, which I mark with [ii], and some lines sound like the words of rock & roll preachers or something, which I mark with {ii}.

If one tries to improve those whom one dislikes, there should be some reason why one doesn't simply try to drive them away. Of course, one doesn't necessarily have goodwill towards them though improving them. A wise dictator knows brainwashing is more profitable to him than bloody purge. If "Sis." (= sister) of the title means that a girl dislikes her brother(s), she can't easily desert him/them even though she dislike him/them very much.

I pay attention to the line "I will beat your ill-nature into shape". Some teachers or something do this mainly for their self-realization (i.e. the guys are mere materials for their work), but I don't think this song is sung by such a kind of person, so I incline to think she wants to rescue the guys from such a state of being ill-nature because she has some goodwill towards them though she uses harsh words. (Unnecessary addition: I want to call this 'goodwill with harsh words' "ツンデレ" (tsundere), but it seems to be confusing because the word originally refers to a girl who is usually unfriendly (= tsun) but gets over-friendly (= dere) to her lover once she's fallen in love.)

In some interviews, Miss Moa said like "I hope 'Sis. Anger' would encourage many people." and Miss Yui said like "This song made me stand up straight when I sang it, so I hope it can motivate the listeners even a little".

Sis. Anger

Romaji Lyric

English Translation

Notes

1

Kirai daa,

I dislike

2

jibun no koto shika kangae-nai yatsu.

guys who think only about themselves.

3

Kakko warii choo kakko warii kara

You're uncool, super uncool.

4,5

chikazuite kunna!

Don't approach me!

6,(ii)

Kirai daa,

I dislike

muri toka muda toka genkai desu toka.

"impossible", "useless", "it's reached the limit".

7,8

Kakko warii choo kakko warii kara

They're uncool, super uncool.

kiki-taku nee.

I don't wanna hear them.

9

Omae no sono konjoo tataki-naosu zo.

I will beat your ill-nature into shape.

10,11,[ii]

Moyase yo, moyase yo, mune no naka ni himeta ikari o!

Burn! Burn your anger hidden inside!

[ii]

"Zakkenja nee zoo, oi! ora!"

"Stop kidding! Hey, you!"

12,13

Katta ka maketa ka kankee nee.

It doesn't matter to win or lose.

{ii}

"Zakkenja nee zoo, oi! ora!"

"Stop kidding! Hey, you!"

Daiji na koto wa honki ka doo ka dakee.

It is only to be serious or not that matters.

{ii}

Kirai da! Kirai da! Kirai da! Kirai da!

I dislike! dislike! dislike! dislike!

2

Kiai da! Kiai da! Kiai da! Kiai da!

Fighting spirit! spirit! spirit! spirit!

14

Baka yaroo!

You, stupid guy!

15,16

Kirai daa,

I dislike

honki ja nee noni iiwake bakkari.

guys who are not serious but only make excuses.

17

Fuzakenna! Choo iraira suru kara

Stop kidding! I got super irritated.

6

sono tsura mukenna!

Don't turn your dirty face to me!

6,18,(ii)

Kirai daa,

I dislike

deki mo shi-nee noni tsuyogatteru yatsu.

guys who can't do it but pretend to be tough.

Fuzakenna! Maji iraira suru kara

Stop kidding! I got really irritated.

kiete kuree!

Get out of my sight!

19,(ii)

Omae no sono konjoo tataki-naosu zo.

I will beat your ill-nature into shape.

Ikari no honoo de subete yaki-tsukushite yaru kara.

I will burn up everything with flare of anger.

"Zakkenja nee zoo, oi! ora!"

"Stop kidding! Hey, you!"

Umai ka heta ka wa kankee nee.

It doesn't matter to be skillful or awkward.

{ii}

"Zakkenja nee zoo, oi! ora!"

"Stop kidding! Hey, you!"

Hansei shite mo ii kookai shite wa damee.

You may think back but may not regret.

{ii}

Tatakae! Tatakae! Shinobi-yoru yuuwaku to!

Fight! Fight against sneaking temptation!

20,[ii]

Tatakae! Tatakae! Omaera no ikari o sakebe yo!

Fight! Fight! Shout out your anger!

10,[ii]

"Zakkenja nee zoo, oi! ora!"

"Stop kidding! Hey, you!"

Gomen ne? Yurushite? Doo shiyoo ka naa?

You say "sorry"? You say "forgive me"? What do I do with you?

21

"Zakkenja nee zoo, oi! ora!"

"Stop kidding! Hey, you!"

Uso desu? Gomasuri? Jootoo daa! Kakatte koi yaa!

It's a lie? Flattery? Ready for anything! Bring it on!

21,22,23,24

Notes

There are some words spoken in male voice at the beginning. Some reddit users have found they are from Christians' "Book of Revelation" (= "Apocalypse"), chapt. 6.: "I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, 'Come!'". I don't know what these words mean to this song.

"Kirai" (= dislike) is neutral as to hatred. It is never used for those who killed one's family, etc. In such cases, "nikumu" (verb) or "nikui" (adj.) is used.

"Yatsu" (= manservant?) is a rude word used for a man. It is also used for a thing (e.g. "Akai yatsu o kure!" = Pass me red one!) and sometimes used to express intimacy (e.g. "Ii yatsu da." = You're/he's a good guy). "Gaki" (= starving ogre (Buddhism term) ) is used to abuse a kid, and "ama" (= nun (of Buddhism) ) for a woman, but "ama" isn't so popular because many people use "yatsu" also for a woman.

"Kakko warî" is literally "the form/appearance is bad". The antonym is "kakko ii". "Warî" (warii) is a rude pronunciation of "warui" (= bad).

"Chô" (choo) originally means "super" of "super-sonic", etc. but young Japanese use it also as "very".

"Muri" means "unreasonable" (originally) or "difficult/impossible". When "muri" is used as refusal, I'm not sure of the proportion of unwillingness and objective/subjective difficulty in the reason.

"Genkai desu." is literally "It is the limit.", and in this context, it means "I can't do anymore".

"Nê" (nee) is a rude pronunciation of "nai". It means "not" and is analyzed as an adjective or an auxiliary verb.

"Omae" is a rude word for "you", but it was originally an honorific word and is still sometimes used to express intimacy.
Both singular "omae" & plural "omaera" are used, but I'm not so sure whether it is for distinguishing the plurality of "you" or just for matching the number of syllables to the rhythm.

"Konjô" means nature or disposition of a person. It is mainly used for bad one but sometimes used for good one (e.g. "konjô ga aru" = having guts or being patient).

"Zakkenja nê zo!" (= Stop kidding!) is a rude contraction of "fuzakeru no de wa nai zo" ("ja" = "de wa"). Japanese accent is pitch accent, and "fuzakeru" is pronounced "fu_za-ke-ru_" (-:hi, _:low) in Tokyo accent. The initial low syllable is sometimes dropped and the word becomes "zakeru", then the accent is changed to "za_ke-ru_" according to the general rule of Tokyo accent. "Zakkeru" has a short silence before "k" (called "sokuon"). I guess it is inserted to stress the initial low syllable.
Only this line (appearing four times) is enclosed in quotation marks, but I don't know why.

"Oi" is a rude interjection to draw attention. "Ora" is a rude interjection to provoke or agitate someone.

"Kiai" means (fighting) spirit or something. There is a retired pro wrestler, Animal HAMAGUCHI, who shouted "Kiai da!" to charge himself with fighting spirit. I'm not sure whether she charges the guys with it or she means it is a matter of fighting spirit whether things are impossible or not.

"Baka" means a fool but is also used non-abusively. For example, finding a friend's bad choice, some Japanese say "Baka da na. --- sureba yokatta noni." (= You're foolish. You should have done ---). In many cases, however, they're not looking down on their friend but just frankly expressing their surprise like "wow" (some people don't like this saying, though). And when a girl says "Baka, baka, baka!" to her (expected) boyfriend, it sometimes means "Why can't you understand how much I like/love you?"

"Yarô" originally means a young man. Now it is mainly used to abuse a man, but there is also non-abusive use such as "Torakku Yarô" (movie title) which refers to independent truck drivers.

"Bakkari" (= only) is an emphasizing pronunciation of "bakari".

"Tsura" means a face. Now it sounds rude (except used in some compound words) but has no nuance of "dirty".

"Kiete kure!" (= Disappear!) is rude but a request because "kure" is the non-polite form of "kudasai" and means "give me/us". The simple imperative is "Kiero!" and there is the emphasized phrase "Kie usero!" ("usero" too means "disappear") which too has 5 morae and is replaceable here.

At first, I thought "shinobi-yoru yuuwaku" (= sneaking temptation) probably means that there are both some (other) undesirable state (which is not yet realized) and some tendency towards it and they are difficult to notice, but that undesirable state may simply be that the guys would no longer feel anger.

At first, I thought "uso desu" (= it's a lie) is an excuse negating guys' words that offended her, but it seems to negate preceding "sorry" & "forgive me", so she gets angry again and shouts "Bring it on!".
(Unnecessary addition:) It sounds, however, unnatural to me because, if one negates one's apology voluntarily & immediately, it is likely that one had some bad intent and say more maliciously like "うっそだよーん" （usso da yôn) than "uso desu". However, afterwards when one is asked "Why did you say so then?", one may answer honestly "It was a lie, just flattery."

"Jôtô" means a high class/quality. It sometimes means satisfaction or welcome, and sometimes ironically (e.g. "0 ten? Jôtô da!" = Rated 0/10? It's welcome!). Here, however, I don't translate it to "welcome" because it is hardly ironic to welcome flattery.

"Kakatte koi ya" is the imperative "come to attack me". "Ya" is an emphasizing particle used in Osaka, etc. ("yo" in Tokyo, etc). Probably the lyric writers chose "ya(a)" because Osaka dialect sounds strong.
(Unnecessary addition:) However, what makes it sounds strong is its accent (ka-kat-te-ko-i_ya_; -:high, _:low), but actually they shout it in Tokyo accent (ka_kat-te_ko-i_ya_) and it is difficult to stress the initial low syllable, so it doesn't sound so strong as a native Osaka shouts.

Thank you for a kind offer, but I'm sorry I think the situation is complicated.

Firstly, even the native speakers often misunderstand the meaning of the word. I think only the teenage girl that is a native dweller&speaker of Tokyo&London could translate these properly.

Secondly, I'm not sure whether my translation could conveyed it or not, but these lyrics can be interpreted like this: it is kind advice but she is so shy that she can't say straight and uses such vulgar words. Such a girl is sometimes called "tsundere", but there is also a possibility that she really dislikes the guys and she is only so talkative that she says something to be interpreted as advice.

I think it is very hard to bring properly such information only by the translated sentences, so I prefer rather literal translation with lengthy explanation.

Thank you for suggestion. The word "kirai" is neutral for hatred. When a Japanese young girl says "Dai kirai!" (= I dislike you very much), she sometimes means "Why do you do such a thing not understanding how much I like you?". Anyway, I will rethink these new translations soon.

Note for "ツンデレ" (tsundere): This word originally means a game/manga/anime character who is usually unfriendly (= tsun) but becomes overfriendly (= dere) if getting closer. Here I use it in another meaning: those who are unfriendly (= tsun) but give something helpful (= dere). This usage (not my original) is a bit confusing because the something helpful doesn't always imply giver's favor.

GJ! Mr. Du Enki!I'm Japanese and feel something of different sense from this translation. I don't think this lyric is a kind of "tsundere"because the sentence "Zakkenja nee zoo, oi! ora!" give very strong meanings such as intimidation or absolute rejection toward mental or physical pressure. In general, we never use the word for our friends or family.The sentence is used repeatedly in the lyric, so this sentence makes the entire atmosphere of the lyric serious. However, the gap between YUI-MOA and the serious feeling makes a kind of funny sense to me.Just for reference. Thank you.

To стр. 119 san:I can't easily conclude whether she is tsundere in some meaning or not, because it is hard to understand her state of mind ("Sis." may mean she is his/their sister). Since she says "I will knock/beat your ill-nature into shape", she has the will to improve the guy(s) though she says she dislikes him/them.

I have a magazine (Hedoban vol.10) which contains BABYMETAL's long interviews. It may contain some hints for interpretation, but I haven't read it yet.

To TAT san:Thank you for comment. In my experience, those who refused me never told me the reason. Some boys just got out of the room and some girls just started ignoring me. Therefore this song doesn't seem to me girls' simple rejection of such guys.

---- unnecessary addition ----In my jr. & sr. highschool days, some rude boys said something like "Zakkenna", but it was always just a bluff and I didn't get scared by it. However, when I mistook some mischief as done by such a rude classmate, he said like "You think so without evidence only because I'm a rude boy". He said this quietly maybe because he got deeply disappointed rather than angry. Anyway, I got very scared & sorry and immediately apologized him. If I had replied thoughtlessly then, his anger must have exploded with this word. I don't know whether, then, we could have got to such an happy end shown in good old school dramas.

I agree with you. Thank you for your analogy.OK, I think again."Huzakenna" < "Zakkenna" < "Zakkenja nee" < "Zakenja nee zo, oi! ora! "The term "oi! ora!" is not used when we'd like to improve someone in general. I imagine such situation that she definitely kick someone in the ass.(How violent she is!)This situation is quite special: she is seriously mad and dislike him but she cannot abandon him. I assume she is an elder sister and mad because her younger brother is rude and loose."Tsundere" is usually used to describe the relationship between friends.

Anyway, "stop kidding" is not such strong. Non-native listners may be misled by this translation. (for example, the first comment "oreimo" what???)

I will try to find a better translation, but, no matter how vulgarly she says, what she says means just "stop kidding". Though there are Japanese words corresponding to "f__k", "s__t", etc, they are not used here, so I don't want to use such slang just only because English speakers often say it in such a situation.

I think in English it would be "stop messing around" or more strongly "stop f**king around" Messing around means wasting your time or doing something that has no purpose. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/mess+around

Also when you say "I'm messing around" it just has the meaning I said. However when you tell someone "Stop messing around" if usually implies the you think the person is not taking something seriously that they should be.

Thank you for comment. The nuances of many Japanese words change a lot with the intonation, so it is difficult to translate. "Baka yarô" literally means "stupid guy". Takeshi KITANO often says this on TV but it is never censored, while "kusottare" (lit. one who shits) is probably censored.

Thank you for comment. My usage seems to confuse many fans, but with "tsundere", I wanted to mean "severe" words containing "kind" advice. You say "she says abuse", but the lyrics have many positive elements, so they seem to me "scolding and encouraging". I can't think they are pure black lyrics as you say. I don't know whether it is because Miss Moa & Miss Yui requested such positive elements or simply because the lyric writer failed to be pure black.

I'm sorry, but I can't imagine her state of mind if she has no intention to advise but says "It is only to be serious or not that matters" or "You may think back but may not regret".

I have no intention to change the nuance of this song. I have written "the original lyrics are rather vulgar". I just had no time to choose suitable slang because I thought I had to translate as many songs as possible before the Wembley concerts.

Anyway, for example, "tsura" is mainly used in abuse but itself is a neutral word meaning "face". I have never dropped any dirty Japanese adjectives in translation. The reason why I don't add dirty English words is just that Japanese also has the words that seem to be counterparts of them but they are not used here. I think a good translation should be not from Japanese popular abusing words to English popular abusing words but what makes English listeners feel both vulgarness and difference between English ones and Japanese ones.

My explanation is inaccurate. The counterpart of "f__k you" is "いてまう" (itemau) which is not a standard Japanese but an Osaka dialect. Tokyo dialect is poor in abusing words, so gangsters often use Osaka dialect. Anyway, translating less vulgar Japanese words to "f__k you" implies Osaka people speak much dirtier words than New Yorkers, but I don't think it is the case.

Thank you for comment. I'm sorry for using "tsundere" not in the original meaning but in loose meaning. I mean these are harsh words (= tsun) but kind advice (= dere). I think she doesn't want to exterminate such state of being because she dislikes it but rather she wants to improve these guys because she likes them. If this song is addressed to the public as you say, I dare say she loves everyone. In some interview, Miss Moa said she hopes "Sis. Anger" would encourage many people.

As always, I admire and appreciate your hard work and thoughtful comments.

It's interesting that you comment that certain words are 'rude' (e.g. "yatsu") or have a rude pronunciation ("wari"). In English, I don't think we have anything like a 'rude' pronunciation. 'Rude' is about being intentionally disrespectful: calling someone names ("stupid"), using crude language ("motherf*cker"), or treating them badly and humiliating them (ignoring them, laughing at them).

I assume that this sort of Japanese word or pronunciation is more than just very informal, but is still not as rude as words that translate to "sh*t" or "f*ck."

So I suspect that Japanese has a whole different meaning for 'rude' that English doesn't have, and if you pronounce a word wrong you could offend someone without meaning to. (As opposed to using the wrong word by accident, for example calling someone "a clown" when you mean to say "a joker.")

Thank you for comment. In the movies, I hear some Edokko (counterparts of Cockneys) usually use these pronunciations. If the listener knows the speaker is such a kind of person and the speaker speaks somewhat tenderly, these pronunciations don't offend the listener, so it may be better to call them "loose" or "rough" instead of "rude".

But, like this song, if those who don't usually use them dare to use them, they intend to be more offensive.

If free to comment an additional possible interpretation (Is she refusing them? Is she trying to improve them?), the whole "beat your ill-nature into shape" to me reflects the emotion a girl may feel when a guy is treating her lightly or disrespectfully. She's refusing him, but at the same time projecting a "How dare you act that way? I'll show you that you can't do that." It's kind of how I react when a guy I barely know flirts with me with fake confidence and he's treating me as a mild-mannered female he expects to agree to go out with him just because I'm not dating anyone. You know, having the angry reaction of wanting to "teach someone a lesson," when they seem to belittle you.

Thank you for an interesting interpretation. If some guy treats Miss Yui or Miss Moa that way, many fukei such as Mr. OHMURA or Mr. MINEWAKI will knock him down. Anyway, someone keeps BABYMETAL away from love songs, so I think the lyric writers probably don't think about such a dark side of romance(?).

[quote from NOTE 1]There are the words spoken in male voice at the beginning. Some reddit users have found they are from Christians' "Book of Revelation" (= "Apocalypse"), chapt. 6.: "I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, 'Come!'". I don't know what these words mean to this song.[/quote]

Well in Revelations/Apocalypse these words mark the beginning of the presentation of the Four Horsemen who bring havoc and destruction. There you have it, I guess. The quote would be an announcement that the two "Sis." (Y&M) are gonna behave like huns (not nuns) in the song that follows :D

That's a possible interpretation. BTW, note that some metal bands like, say, Metallica, have songs about the Four Horsemen. And of course BM have used Apocalyptic imagery in their shows (prologues/epilogues and such). On the other hand, I've noticed no-one has commented the similarity of this song's title (Sis. Anger) to certain 'St. Anger' by, precisely, Metallica. I haven't listened to that record so I don't know, just wondering if there's some connection/tribute/wink.

Thank you for interpretation. Probably those words are warning or something as you say. The title was probably named after that song of Metallica, but we should not think there must be some relation. It may be only because it sounds cool.

Yes, this song is very much in the style of Metallica's St. Anger album. It was an album that sounded very different than any of their others. Some key similarities are the frantic drumming style and the sections of quick, "un-pick-hand-muted" guitars. But you don't have to take my word for it, I invite you to give the Metallica album a listen. BUT! I think Babymetal did it better :)

Perhaps the problem here is that the Japanese language has levels of vugarity? Where English has only polite or vulgar. The lack of levels in English has been recognized for years by children. I remember as a child that in order to communicate degrees of politeness, we would say "please" "please please" "please please please" "pretty please" "pretty please with sugar and honey on top" each phrase increasing in politeness. Of course no adult would talk like this outside of some kind of joke or ridicule. So perhaps sis.anger cannot be accurately translated into English because vulgar English would be much too vulgar?? I cannot imagine Amuse allowing a flat out vulgar Babymetal song.

Thank you for comment.I think it is not a matter of language but a matter of how people feel when they say or hear these words. It may be possible to choose such English words that offend the average Englishmen as much as these Japanese words offend the average Japanese, but there is no reason to consider the average Englishmen and the average Japanese are like in such sensitivity. And I think this happens not only to abusive words but also to many other words.

Thank you. Then if I understand your comment, this song is or would be considered as offensive by the average Japanese speaker? That would really surprise me that Amuse would release an offensive Babymetal song. As far as I am aware about Amuse, nothing their talent has ever produced has been even remotely offensive.

It is a difficult question to answer. The average Japanese speaker would agree both the expressions themselves are somewhat offensive and the contents themselves are a sort of advice. Probably the producer persuaded the executives of Amuse to release this song by saying only those who can't understand humor would be offended or something.

I remember a young girl tested my tolerance by saying offensive words. It was a hard test. However, for those who have already forgotten (or never had) such experiences, probably this song is a kind fantasy.

In your comnent you say the classic American word "ain't" is rude. That word is not rude but rather rube. The word is not impolite, nobody is offended by the use of the word but it is an indicator of low social class or low education as in "Only hicks use the word ain't."

Thank you for correcting. I'm looking for better explanation. The Japanese expressions I refer to are 'lazy' or 'rough' pronunciations rather than 'rude'. In many cases, they only show the speakers are low educated or something, but, if they are used where polite expressions are needed, they are regarded as less polite than normal pronunciation because of laziness.

Perhaps not a complete fantasy. When I was young, I had a girlfriend like this song who was always angry with me, but she never broke up with me. Finally I broke up with her because I couldn't take it anymore!

Thank you for comment. Yes, it's not a fantasy. I wanted to mean the reason why Amuse has released these somewhat offensive lyrics is probably they think people would (or should) take them as a fantasy.

Question:I wonder if they are singing this against each other instead of with each other?

At the Wembley concert one of the intro movies told us that black-babymetal have turned to the dark side.Instead of being nice sweet sisters begging their parents for everything they desire, have they now turned on each other in this song?Instead of complimenting each others qualities now they focus on each others weaknesses (hence the title: sis. angry)?

Thank you for comment. Each of them will reflect on oneself when she sings this song, but I don't think they think they are this kind of weak-hearted person, so I don't think they get angry with each other in this song. I think "Sis." (= sister) suggests a strong-hearted sister gets angry her weak-hearted brother but she won't abandon him because they are siblings. Just to make sure, the title is "Sis. Anger" which is named after Metallica's "St. Anger".

Thanks, as always, for your great work here. The verse from the Book of Revelations is the same one that Johnny Cash speaks at the beginning of "When the man comes around", another song of kind advice in harsh words.

*Sorry if I skipped a comment along the way; I know the Bible well and wanted to dive in.*

FWIW, the next verse in Revelation is: "And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer."

There are a lot of different interpretations for that verse, whether it refers to historical events or prophesied ones or part of John's vision, but it all boils down to an ill omen of conflict and strife. Which ... hey, look what BBM did!

I don't think "sis" is short for "sister" here, I got the impression that it was the Latin word "sis" meaning "I am". The bible verse at the beginning matches this, I think, as for many centuries the bible was only in Latin and many churches today still do services entirely in latin.

though "I am anger" is not grammatically correct in english, it could be in latin, I'm not sure. Though "I am anger" could be taken to mean "I am the personification of anger" (eg. a spirit of anger)

It is a Japanese idiom meaning something like "I don't want to see your face" and a negative adjective is added mainly for emphasizing. Probably she felt his face was not clean because of dirt or stubble or something.

I feel like Sis. Anger has close ties to St Anger from Metallica. St Anger was all about releasing your built up rage, hating someone etc, and Sis seems to be the girls doing that. It could be their ode to Metallica. I could be wrong, though, but every time I listen to Sis it always reminds me because of the really fast and strong drums, and even guitars. Does anyone else make this connection?

So it sounds like what you are saying about the lyrics being rude but not actually using profanity is something like this. In English you can say "f*#k you" or you can say "screw you". Both have the same meaning but one is considered profanity while the other is just rude.

Thank you for comment. Some Japanese fans say "zakkenja nee" is very strong. I don't know exactly how much they are offended by this word, but I don't think they regard it as much offensive as some Japanese dirty words. I think they are very polite & easily offended and such words are off the scale for them.

The quotation marks may mean that is the person's reply to her. He is saying "stop kidding" because he thinks she is not being serious about being angry with him. I think this may be the case because "impossible", "useless", "it's reached the limit" are also in quotations and these are also things the person she is talking to has said.

Thank you for comment. As you say, "impossible", etc. are what someone has said to her. I quoted these words to clarify the sentence though they're not quoted in the original lyrics.However, the quotation marks around "Stop kidding! Hey you!" are just copied from the original lyrics. They don't seem to be used to mark what someone has said to her. The lyric writers of BABYMETAL sometimes use quotation marks in such a non-standard way also in other songs.

What about "stop screwing around" as a translation for "Zakkenja nee zoo"? It's not as vulgar as the f-word, but it's pretty rude. You couldn't say that to someone (except close friends, jokingly) without them being very offended.

Thank you for suggestion. Probably it'll be better, but I'm afraid that it might be taken for another meaning, and I'm not sure how much more offensive "Zakkenja nee!" (or "Stop screwing around!") is than "Fuzakeru na!" (or "Stop kidding!"). Some Japanese dialects have stronger expressions than Tokyo dialect, and for those who know them, "Zakkenja nee!" sounds only a bit stronger than "Fuzakeru na!". This problem is too difficult for me.

Thank you for information. Some prologues of BABYMETAL are written just for one show and sometimes inconsistent with each other, so it is still unclear whether the lyric writers intended the personification or thought otherwise.

I'd like to share a story that happened to me recently that helped my interpretation to this song.

I was traveling by bus to a distant city, around three hours or so, and during half of the traject there was guy beside me, who kept hitting on me and asking for my phone number. No matter how many times I declined and told him I was not interested, he kept insisting to the point of annoying me. He even dared to constantly touch my hands and my face, and that's when Sis. Anger started playing (I was with one earbud on). At that time I thought 'This is it. This is exactly what I'm feeling and exactly what I want to tell him right now.'

I doubt I'm the only girl who's been in a situation like this, so for me this song is a message to such annoying guys. It's something we'd like to say, and, during the moment, we'd like to do. So for me, the Sister in the title refers to another girl who's in a similar situation, and the lyrics would be a way, as the girls said, to encourage people.

I'm sorry to hear your incident. I don't know whether it is appropriate in your country or not, but Japanese girls are told to show a clear rejection with courage in such a situation, e.g. to say no in a loud voice, to push his hand away, to change your seat.

I'd rather relate a situation like that with "IDZ" than with "Sis. Anger". Because sexual harassment can be seen as a form of bullying, and the situation with the anonymous lady above is in more than a way similar to bullying, with people around pretending not to see and letting it happen, etc. On the other hand, Sis. Anger talks about other situations, they mention guys who pretend to be tough and then are uncapable of doing what they preach, guys who are full of excuses for their pessimism or lack of braveness, and so on. But yes, there's the flattery parts, the "excuse me", etc., I'm not very sure about these lines, but maybe these kind of female-bullying blokes are included in the lot too, I don't know.

Speaking about Sis. Anger, there is something I wanted to comment here some time ago but I kept forgetting. I mean, the song has its intro in the Tokyo Dome DVD's and to my surprise there's a (quite vague!) reference to A-KIBA again. I wonder why. I thought that the "war" against the "big power idols" had ended since the Budokan intro (March 2014) when they mentioned (indirectly as usual) the AKB girls doing the kitsune in that TV show, so the 2016 new attack against the "A-KIBA" figure took me by surprise... I wonder what offence made "A-KIBA" to cause the (Sister) "anger" that "engulfs everything in the world" (not a literal quote, but something alike)...

To Fernando san: "A-KIBA" was just mentioned as one of evil beings. Every narration since the summer of 2014 is written just for fun of the moment. You should not expect some consistent story behind these narrations. The writer doesn't care about consistency.

I know that consistency is not always there to be found, hahaha, speaking in general about the intros in the concerts and so on, and yes, the "war against the big power Idols" (which was originally the "official" motive for the "metal resistance", nothing less!) has to be basically a joke, but at the same time it has to have something serious behind, too, because after all they're talking about a real group of people calling them their enemies, which is a "serious" thing (at lesst in a way).

A-KIBA wasn't mentioned this time among various evil beings, but as a very strong one: the gods, we are told, had suppressed the anger sinking it deep in human people's hearts and "sealing it" but then "with the power of A-KIBA the seal was broken". So A-KIBA is absolutely the bad guy in this movie!! :D Moreover, the implication should be that "Sis. Anger" is directed somehow to "A-Kiba". Or maybe "the writer" didn't want to imply that, but the English text on the screen does clearly imply it. My question was, if you knew about some rumour or something that happened in 2016 related to the AKiBa Emperor that could explain this renewed "attack". You seem to think that no such reason is needed because we shouldn't take seriously all this talk. You can be right, of course; I just wonder about it.

I don't think the story about the big power "Idols" was a mere joke because Dentsû is the largest Ad & PR company in Japan and it deeply commits itself to AKB group, TV dramas, Tokyo Olympic, governmental campaigns, etc., so "the big power Idols" is replaceable with "Dentsû".

Something unfavorable to BABYMETAL may have happened behind the scene in the summer of 2016 or earlier, and the script writer may have thought Dentsu did it, but I guess it is not the case. I guess he just hit upon the word "A-KIBA" which is ambiguous here whether it refers to the big power "Idols" or to the cyber city "A-KIBA". Ordinary people improve their scripts to avoid inconsistency, ambiguity, listeners' misunderstanding, etc., but I guess he doesn't care about them and thinks such carelessness is cool.

While my experience did have a sexual harassment undertone, at the moment i felt more annoyed than pressured. That's why I could relate it to the song.

As Fernando said on his reply, this song talks about a different kind of behavior than the on my situation, but annoying guys are always annoying, no matter the way they act. And when we're in front of one we may not say it out loud, but we always think something like "Zakkenja nee zoo", and depending on how long the nuisance remains we even wish we could say it.

I've already come to a situation when I said something similar. Luckily he was my friend, so he didn't take it in a bad way and apologized, even changed his bad attitude (he tended to be arrogant around people, and as his senior I had to do something). However, most girls - me included - tend to keep the anger locked inside when they see someone acting in an annoying way. We usually think "Oh, I wish they would stop", roll eyes on the inside, but for the sake of good manners we don't let the anger out.

So, every time I listen to this song I feel something like: Alright, it's time to vent all my rage right now!

So we agree after all! (Kind of, at least.) About the second part: oh yes, the city, I forgot sometimes it's a cibercity... But in the "Sis.Anger" intro in Tokyo Dome it sounds like a person (some kind of devil with a power strong enough to break the gods' seal, no less!). Yes, that carelessness, a bit annoying in my book :D For instance, as I said, in that intro (prologue) there's sort of an implication that "Sis. Anger" would aim to the mysterious A-KIBA. (Not clearly said, but sounds like it.) And I doubt very much that the "Sis. Anger" lyrics have any relation at all with the real Mr "Akiba". Moreover, the "war" is in any case a thing of "he" or "they" but not something coming from or having anything to do the BM members. Miss Suzuka has even a sister working for the "Empire"! :D

Akiba area symbolizes Japanese "moe" culture (manga, anime, games, etc.), so Mr. Akiba might be another man or devil who intends to corrupt the world with "moe" culture, or the writer might have referred to Mr. Akimoto with such an excuse prepared behind, or everything may be mixed like soup in his brain.